Ellin, Stanley
1916 - 1986

Stanley Bernard Ellin was an American mystery writer born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a...

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Milton, John
1608 - 1674

The English poet John Milton was born in London as the son of a wealthy Catholic burgher. He attended Christ's College,...

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Montaigne, Michel de
1533 - 1592

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born in a wealthy merchant family that had lived for generations in the ancestral castle...

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Brodsky, Joseph
1940 - 1996

The Russian poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky was born to a Jewish family in Leningrad as Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky. His...

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